Finger Lakes Region, 2005

Business Expansions

The company's plan to make commercially salable water-softening tablets
would create a dozen or more jobs.

Alleson Athletic

Monroe

50

11-08-2005

The company makes and markets high-quality uniforms for every major
sport. It expects to create 50 new jobs over the next few years.

American Motive Power

Livingston

200

07-09-2005

The company rebuilds locomotive engines and trucks.

Barnes & Noble Booksellers

Monroe

40

07-13-2005

The new store in Webster will employ 40 workers.

Bausch & Lomb

Monroe

200

06-01-2005

Bausch & Lomb Inc.

Monroe

100

01-12-2005

CGI Communications

Monroe

150

12-20-2005

The 90-employee company makes software that broadcasts streaming video
over the Internet and creates online videos for businesses and municipalities.

CGI Communications Inc.

Monroe

120

02-25-2005

The company, which provides promotional material for municipalities
across the country, plans to hire at least 30 employees every quarter
in 2005.

Continental Service Group Inc.

Monroe

60

12-09-2005

The Perinton-based debt collector is looking to add 60 people in its
student loan division.

CooperVision Inc.

Monroe

300

06-25-2005

The company will add about 100 new manufacturing jobs over the next
year after the acquisition of a contact lens competitor -- on top of the
200 new jobs they will add when they open a new warehouse in Henrietta
(Monroe County) next year.

Current Communications LLC

Monroe

110

12-23-2005

The company has signed a deal with a Dallas electric utility to provide broadband Internet service over
power lines.

Faradyne Motors

Wayne

132

12-15-2005

The creation of this company will be a joint venture between ITT Industries
Inc. (Goulds Pumps) and Minnesota-based Pentair Inc. The company will
create electric motors for pumps.

Hammer Lithograph Corp.

Monroe

20

03-16-2005

Harris Corp.

Monroe

150

10-20-2005

Harris Corp.

Monroe

65

03-11-2005

Harris RF Communications

Monroe

150

07-08-2005

The company received a $50 million federal contract to provide military
radios to the U.S. Army.

Keuka Footwear Inc.

Yates

30

02-16-2005

The Internet-based occupational footwear company initially plans to
hire 10 to 12 full-time, as well as several part-time, employees and hopes
to hire 25 to 30 employees by their third year of operation.

LMC Industrial Contractors

Livingston

30

07-09-2005

This company makes conveyor systems for sites such as airports and supermarkets.

Lumetrics Inc.

Monroe

11

12-02-2005

The company, which designs and manufactures a high-tech measuring device,
plans to add 11 employees to its five-person workforce in the next 12
months.

MAGC Inc.

Orleans

100

02-17-2005

The controlled atmosphere storage facility is expanding and expects
to create 100 new jobs over the next three years. In addition, the expansion
could result in 200 new jobs on area farms.

Maximus

Monroe

16

04-14-2005

The medical management company employs 32 full-time people and plans
to boost its workforce by about half.

Microwave Data Systems Inc.

Monroe

50

11-03-2005

Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital

Livingston

20

06-24-2005

An expansion project at the hospital will increase services and add
about 20 employees -- from clerical staff to physicians -- over a one-year
period.

PAETEC Corp.

Monroe

50

12-07-2005

The Perinton-based telecommunications company is seeking to fill about
50 open positions from engineering to sales.

Parlec Inc.

Monroe

20

06-24-2005

The machining company will add at least 20 workers and expand its product
lines with an economic development loan.

Paychex Inc.

Monroe

480

07-20-2005

PeerConnect Inc.

Monroe

14

03-03-2005

The maker of software that helps secure e-commerce transactions could
add as many as 14 people to its 10-person company in the next 18 months.

Pioneer Credit Recovery

Genesee

100

01-14-2005

The company hopes to have 100 employees working by the end of February
and more than double that by later this year.

Pioneer Credit Recovery Inc.

Genesee

120

08-19-2005

Pliant Corp.

Wayne

20

04-18-2005

The factory will undergo an expansion between May and October.

Pliant Corp.

Wayne

20

02-24-2005

The plastic packaging manufacturer is expanding its plant and could
add up to 20 jobs to its 440-person workforce.

Rochester Precision Optics

Monroe

75

11-16-2005

SPG Direct

Ontario

20

01-04-2005

The marketing consulting company will open a sister company, Wave Technology,
to sell software designed to help its clients market their own products.

Staples

Monroe

50

09-09-2005

The company is hiring workers for its call center which supports its
commercial delivery service for office supplies.

Sutherland Global Services

Monroe

200

11-04-2005

Target

Monroe

200

07-13-2005

The new store in Webster will employ 200 full and part-time employees.

The Sentry Group

Monroe

30

08-30-2005

The safe manufacturer is bringing some of its manufacturing back to
Rochester from its plant in China and will add 30 jobs
to its workforce of 400 over the next four years.

Unisys Corp.

Monroe

300(Est.)

06-21-2005

The company is moving from Ontario County
to Monroe County. About 250 employees will
be retained and 88 hired over the next five years.

University of Rochester

Monroe

25

06-03-2005

Verizon Wireless

Monroe

50

05-26-2005

The company has hired 121 people at its call center since January, and
expects to hire 50 more in coming months -- that is on top of about 270
people the cellular company added in 2004.

West Group

Monroe

25

09-23-2005

Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp.

Genesee

100

04-29-2005

Xerox Corp.

Monroe

40

06-24-2005

The company announced plans to build a toner plant at its Webster (Monroe
County) campus, creating 40 jobs.

YMCA

Monroe

95

09-21-2005

Zotos International Inc.

Ontario

40

08-16-2005

The company, which produces and distributes hair care products, plans
an expansion that is expected to add 40 new jobs over the next two years.

Business Contractions

Company

County

# Jobs

Article Date

Comments

AB Dick Co.

Monroe

50

04-29-2005

The maker of presses and other equipment for the printing industry will
close its area operations later this year.

Anderson Logistics

Ontario

28

01-18-2005

The company will be closing mid-March. The exact number of layoffs has
not been determined as some employees will be offered relocation assignments.

Birds Eye Foods Inc.

Monroe

10

06-24-2005

The company has cut 10 administrative and management positions.

Caldwell Manufacturing Co.

Monroe

39

08-13-2005

Members of IUE-CWA Local 81331, are out on strike.
The company has been able to sustain production by using temporary workers.
Caldwell makes window balances
for raising and lowering double-hung windows.

Chase-Pitkin Home & Garden Centers

Monroe

1648

10-05-2005

The home improvement chain will begin closing its 14 stores, 10 of which
are in the Rochester area, early
next year. The closing will affect 395 full-time and 1,253 part-time employees
in the Rochester area.

Eastman Kodak Co.

Monroe

7500

07-21-2005

The company plans to cut up to 10,000 jobs, in addition to the 15,000
already announced as the photographic products company posted a loss in
the second quarter from a year-ago profit.

Eastman Kodak Co.

Monroe

100

03-17-2005

The company will stop making raw paper and plans to shut down its paper
mill.

Eastman Kodak Co.

Monroe

100

04-29-2005

The company is shifting assembly of its digital imaging kiosks to an
undisclosed third-party contract manufacturer. This will displace employees
from Kodak Park.

Eastman Kodak Co.

Monroe

450

08-26-2005

The company will stop making color photographic paper at Kodak Park, resulting in a loss of more than 450 jobs.

F.F. Thompson Health

Ontario

47

12-02-2005

The health system will eliminate 47.5 full-time positions through layoffs,
attrition, vacancies and reduction in overtime.

Horizon Aerospace

Ontario

23

03-23-2005

Nine workers will be laid off on 3/24/05 and an additional 14 will be
laid off in April or May.

JP Morgan Chase

Monroe

300

07-19-2005

The bank will eliminate 300 workers from its home equity center, leaving
about 340 home equity office workers here.

Krispy Kreme

Monroe

20

06-10-2005

The company's Greece
location has closed.

Meridian Automotive Systems

Ontario

80

09-16-2005

After cutting its workforce by nearly half during the last six months,
the company had decided to close within the next few months, affecting
about 80 employees.

Meridian Automotive Systems Inc.

Ontario

92

03-30-2005

Sonoco Products Co.

Ontario

40

08-19-2005

The packaging company announced it will close its factory over the next
year.

Valeo Electrical Systems

Monroe

500

07-29-2005

The automotive parts manufacturer will close and work done at the plant
will be transferred to a factory in Mexico.

Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc.

Monroe

625

12-29-2005

Layoffs are due to begin between 2/20/06 and will end in July or August
2008.

Viking Polymer Solutions

Orleans

70

12-13-2005

The company makes a variety of auto parts like radiator gaskets and
motor mounts.